In June 2019, Ali Lee (李佳芯)—then freshly crowned as Hong Kong’s TV Queen—went on Instagram to tell her fans to register to vote. The post attracted the ire of mainland Chinese fans and, as damage control, TVB pulled Ali off the casting list for several dramas, including the Chinese co-productions Legal Mavericks 2 <踩過界II> and Big White Duel 2 <白色強人II>. Ali’s screen time in a teaser trailer for Death By Zero <殺手> was reduced to only one second, and all on-screen work featuring Ali were either postponed or temporarily halted. She was henceforth officially deemed as “frozen” by the media.